Mark Gregorich in the small blind, Josh Schlein in the big and Fabio Coppola on the button all saw a flop. Gregorich bet out and Schlein called; Coppola thought better of it and got out of they way.
Gregorich bet out again on the turn and this time Schlein raised; a call, and they proceeded to the river.
Gregorich bet out once more and Schlein called, and they flipped their cards.
Gregorich:
Schlein:
The dealer started to chop the pot as both players had made a wheel, and it was only after a moment that anyone noticed that Schlein was also in possession of a very tiny flush. Three quarters for him.
Double-suited aces were a great hand for J.W. Smith to make a stand with. He was called by Josh Schlein's . Schlein flopped a set of kings, and never looked back.
Smith hit the rail in 11th place, collecting $17,007.
Scott Bohlman bet out leaving himself 6,000 behind on the turn of the board, and Pat Poels called.
Bohlman's last went in on the river and he flipped ; Poels just nodded and mucked and Bohlman enjoyed a full double up.
"You see what happens?" said Fabio Coppola, "I give you chips and now we have to watch out for you. Don't feed the beast." They bumped fists and Bohlman raked in the pot.
The hand itself was relatively straight-forward. Patrice Boudet raised preflop and was called by Fabio Coppola. Everyone else folded, including the blinds.
Boudet bet every street on a board of . Coppola called each time. At showdown, each player showed the same high, aces and threes. But Coppola got the low with against Boudet's to take three-quarters.
There was then some confusion as to whether or not Coppola had taken back a bet before the pot was split. Boudet got so frustrated with the dealer that he splashed the whole pot into the middle, requiring the dealer to re-stack and re-count everything. Once it was determined that the correct amount was in the pot, the dealer gave Coppola three-quarters and Boudet one-quarter.
After the pot was pushed, a floor supervisor warned Boudet that if he interfered with a pot again, he would be given a penalty.
Michael Keiner raised under the gun only for Fabio Coppola to reraise from the cutoff. Pat Poels called on the button, and then James "Flushy" Dempsey four-bet from the small blind, leaving himself just two sad little orange 1,000 chips behind. Keiner got out of the way and the other two called.
Flushy's last chips went in on the flop, and Coppola and Poels checked down the turn and river.
Poels: flashed his hand briefly before mucking
Coppola: to scoop
Flushy: to send him to the rail
Danny Smith held on, and held on, and held on some more. Seemingly in the Dank Position since the start of Day 3 play, Smith outlasted 8 other players to make several pay jumps before finally knuckling under.
On his final hand, Smith was all in preflop with . Sirous Jamshidi was the player trying to take him out with . Smith hit a pair of tens on the flop, but after the turn blanked , Jamshidi rivered a pair of queens with the to take down the pot.